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BYE ZOMBEH!
*waves*
My main recipe book is old - it has instructions for boiling spaghetti...
Does it have instructions for making a tuna fish sandwich?
That sounds good right about know.
My main recipe book is old - it has instructions for boiling spaghetti...
now you HAVE to meet CH- he will update your cookbooks!
Leaving an hour or so late, but en route to matsuri.
My main recipe book is old - it has instructions for boiling spaghetti...now you HAVE to meet CH- he will update your cookbooks!
While I have no objections to meeting CH, my brother, the Swedish chef, is closer.
Spambots! EX-TERM-I-NATE! EX-TERM-I-NATE!
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Last Thanksgiving, John's boss gave him a turkey. (They do that every year.) We were going to someone else's house, so we just kept the turkey in the freezer. However, I know it is not good to leave it in the freezer indefinitely (like, until next Thanksgiving), so I took it out to thaw earlier this week. I plan to make it tomorrow.
Has anyone else ever randomly made a roast turkey dinner? Any ideas on what to do with it, since I am not obliged to follow the full Thanksgiving menu?
My main recipe book is old - it has instructions for boiling spaghetti...
You might be surprised by some cooks'--especially those with the Human (bachelor frog/frogette) type--complete lack of practical knowledge.
Last Thanksgiving, John's boss gave him a turkey. (They do that every year.) We were going to someone else's house, so we just kept the turkey in the freezer. However, I know it is not good to leave it in the freezer indefinitely (like, until next Thanksgiving), so I took it out to thaw earlier this week. I plan to make it tomorrow.
Has anyone else ever randomly made a roast turkey dinner? Any ideas on what to do with it, since I am not obliged to follow the full Thanksgiving menu?
I usually make just a turkey breast or the drumsticks/thighs, but this is a pretty typical recipe. I usually make a compound butter with dried herbs (parsley, sage, and rosemary), use my fingers under the skin to loosen it, and then stuff little blobs of the herb butter under the skin/atop the meat.
If you want an alternative to the traditional gravy & potatoes, maybe make half/third-recipes of these scalloped potatoes and this parm roasted broccoli. Canned cranberries with the actual cranberry bits in it is much better than the all-gell canned stuff.
Crap, now I'm hungry.
My main recipe book is old - it has instructions for boiling spaghetti...You might be surprised by some cooks'--especially those with the Human (bachelor frog/frogette) type--complete lack of practical knowledge.
*raises hand* Guilty... I can think of three or four things I know how to make that aren't "Remove from box, follow instructions".
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Last Thanksgiving, John's boss gave him a turkey. (They do that every year.) We were going to someone else's house, so we just kept the turkey in the freezer. However, I know it is not good to leave it in the freezer indefinitely (like, until next Thanksgiving), so I took it out to thaw earlier this week. I plan to make it tomorrow.
Has anyone else ever randomly made a roast turkey dinner? Any ideas on what to do with it, since I am not obliged to follow the full Thanksgiving menu?
Rotisserie?
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I don't have a rotisserie, and I don't have time to brine the turkey. I do the herb & butter thing that Amby mentioned, though. I was thinking more along the lines of side dishes.
I want stuffing, because stuffing is delicious. Maybe I will skip the mashed potatoes, though; they are so heavy.
Putting lemons inside the cavity is a nice idea. I think I will do that.
I already have some ideas of what to make with the leftovers.
I don't have a rotisserie, and I don't have time to brine the turkey. I do the herb & butter thing that Amby mentioned, though. I was thinking more along the lines of side dishes.
I want stuffing, because stuffing is delicious. Maybe I will skip the mashed potatoes, though; they are so heavy.
Putting lemons inside the cavity is a nice idea. I think I will do that.
I already have some ideas of what to make with the leftovers.
I do like Amby and stuff the cavity with onions.
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I don't have a rotisserie, and I don't have time to brine the turkey. I do the herb & butter thing that Amby mentioned, though. I was thinking more along the lines of side dishes.
I want stuffing, because stuffing is delicious. Maybe I will skip the mashed potatoes, though; they are so heavy.
Putting lemons inside the cavity is a nice idea. I think I will do that.
I already have some ideas of what to make with the leftovers.
I'm a fan of apple and onion in the cavity along with whatever herbs I have available, usually rosemary or sage. =) Comes out very nice. Also, sticking it on top of half of a can of beer keeps it moist and upright so it browns on more of the bird. Rubbing it with salt and sage a little canola oil is also a favorite. And save the carcass for tasty stock.
Me,I shove (a tiny clove of)garlic, some apple slices, onions, and a secret combination of herbs and spices in the hole first, followed by a large amount of stuffing. I do butter up the bird, and then rub it down with more spices. Then I am patient, because I cook it for quite some time(I usually end up with large turkeys). Then eat turkey. Then use remains to make turkey soup.
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I don't have a rotisserie, and I don't have time to brine the turkey. I do the herb & butter thing that Amby mentioned, though. I was thinking more along the lines of side dishes.
I want stuffing, because stuffing is delicious. Maybe I will skip the mashed potatoes, though; they are so heavy.
Putting lemons inside the cavity is a nice idea. I think I will do that.
I already have some ideas of what to make with the leftovers.
You should totally go buy a rotisserie! They are useful for so many things: turkey, chicken, pork tenderloin, kabobs.....
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Otherwise, good morning FAWTLY Folk! Happy Sunday! Woke up to a smiling baby girl's face just inches from my own. After a little while of that, we heard the boy stirring, and a few minutes later he came wandering down the stairs.
Now biscuits have been consumed, coffe is being drunk, and baby girl is being all wiggly in my lap.
Yep. Good morning, indeed.
hi everyFaWtL
we have been to today to the catholic First Communion of the son of Sabines cousin including big family meal
they live just over the border in bavaria,
and there really have been people wearing Bavarian Tracht (Lederhosen and Dirndl) in the church. you can't see that where I live, and we are only 15 miles north of them
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I am going to roast the turkey with onions, lemon wedges, and a bit of garlic in the cavity.
You can't have turkey without stuffing, so I am doing that too. It's from a box, though, since I don't feel like putting Thanksgiving-level effort into this dinner.
Also, candied sweet potatoes (the kind with the marshmallows). That is a concession to holiday meals, but I have been craving candied sweet potatoes with marshmallows, so I am making them anyway.
Plus green beans amandine, which is a recipe I can make in my sleep.
Impressive as ever, CH.
If I had a frozen turkey to deal with I would call around to my friends and see if anyone was willing to trade for a beef roast, or maybe some pork ribs. Even some pork roast would do in a pinch. I really don't like turkey, except as cold cuts and even then I would prefer roast beef.
I second all of this. Turkey is really not my meat of choice. Even for Thanksgiving dinner I'm all about the ham instead.
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Ucky. Putting marshmallows on sweet potatoes is like putting honey on top of frosted cake!
Sorry your turkey is still frozen. Can you wrench out the giblet package? Once that is disloged, it all thaws faster. I run hot water into the cavity and wiggle the giblets (ooh, provocative) to get them loose, then set them aside to thaw separately.
Box stuffing is amazingly good, particularly if you put turkey drippings in it and the cooked giblets, if you like that sort of thing.
Ooh, and Lissa is right - rub the skin with oil and seasonings and you'll have delicious crispy bits to nom.
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Well that sucks. My turkey has been thawing since Wednesday, and it was still frozen.
They do that. A water bath in a large pot can get them thawed pretty quickly especially if you can add some current. If you have a brine ready to go, you can just use that and they will thaw completely in a few hours between the salt and the water and turkey working to find an equilibrium temp. Just put it back somewhere cold so that it more or less stays out of the danger zone for any good amount of time and you should be in good shape. I usually use my 5 gallon stock pot for that and keep a light amount of water pouring into it.
Ucky. Putting marshmallows on sweet potatoes is like putting honey on top of frosted cake.
Drunken lies!!!!!
Joss Wedon likes marshmallows on his yams.
Hello folks. Last 18 MBs of data allowance. Thankfully until tomorrow. I think it is gog that eats so much data allowance - loading multiple preview pictures per a game that I check.
Yesterday I ended going for a birthday party of my coworkers roommate - first social evening I had since coming to UK. About ten Poles and one Englishman enamored of things Polish (and speaking a bit of Polish). Most people from my job - mostly different parts than I am working at.
A grill and some alcohol... First rum with pepsi cola and then Irish cream with pepsi cola... Yummy.
Some decent music and some dancing - regretfully all three women present were in relationships. Later we ended speaking about politics, economics, culture and other crap with some quite opinionated supervisor from our work.
I came back at half past four in the morning and went to sleep. Woke up early in the morning with a mild headache.
Ucky. Putting marshmallows on sweet potatoes is like putting honey on top of frosted cake!
But the marshmallows are the only bits I like.
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Joss Wedon likes marshmallows on his yams.
thank god we're talking about sweet potatoes.
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Joss Wedon likes marshmallows on his yams.thank god we're talking about sweet potatoes.
Oh; I know the difference. Joss calls them yams though.
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Ucky. Putting marshmallows on sweet potatoes is like putting honey on top of frosted cake!
Sorry your turkey is still frozen. Can you wrench out the giblet package? Once that is disloged, it all thaws faster. I run hot water into the cavity and wiggle the giblets (ooh, provocative) to get them loose, then set them aside to thaw separately.
Box stuffing is amazingly good, particularly if you put turkey drippings in it and the cooked giblets, if you like that sort of thing.
I have roasted and baked sweet potatoes all the time. I have never actually made it marshmallows before, but my mother has. I was particularly craving that version this time around :)
With regard to the frozen turkey, I am following this recipe. The unfortunate part is that I did not catch the problem early enough. This modified frozen turkey process will take far too long to be able to eat the turkey at a reasonable hour. But if I don't do it today, I won't have another opportunity where I am home long enough to roast it until next weekend, and it won't keep for that long.
So, I am roasting it anyway, but we are eating a different dinner. We will instead eat the turkey throughout the week. At first, this made me angry. I have made peace with it, however.
Plus I blew off some steam blowing up dragons in Skyrim.
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Yesterday I ended going for a birthday party of my coworkers roommate - first social evening I had since coming to UK. About ten Poles and one Englishman enamored of things Polish (and speaking a bit of Polish). Most people from my job - mostly different parts than I am working at.
A grill and some alcohol... First rum with pepsi cola and then Irish cream with pepsi cola... Yummy.
Some decent music and some dancing - regretfully all three women present were in relationships. Later we ended speaking about politics, economics, culture and other crap with some quite opinionated supervisor from our work.
I came back at half past four in the morning and went to sleep. Woke up early in the morning with a mild headache.
I'm glad you got to go out! Having moved to unfamiliar places myself (albeit not other countries), it can be refreshing to actually get to be social again.
Oh; I know the difference. Joss calls them yams though.Joss Wedon likes marshmallows on his yams.thank god we're talking about sweet potatoes.
All the boys like eating marshmallows off of my yams.
All the boys like eating marshmallows off of my yams.Oh; I know the difference. Joss calls them yams though.Joss Wedon likes marshmallows on his yams.thank god we're talking about sweet potatoes.
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